Team Ninja rolled out big discounts onto the PlayStation Store, A 60% discount on Nioh and a 50% discount on Nioh 2-a steal offer indeed, for one of the toughest yet most rewarding action RPGs ever created. And while our PlayStation-gaming fans are still partying, the Xbox crowd caught wind of this and is not very happy.
Beside announcing the discounts on Team Ninja’s official Twitter, the series was braggartly promoted in the tweet by mentioning that over eight million players had already witnessed the brutal fights of Nioh. And honestly? Those figures are believable. This is a great video game that pairs Souls-level challenges with a loot-based combat system that keeps players coming back for more.
This is a bit of fissure occurring. The Xbox crowd sensed the snub and promptly came flooding in asking why. “Sale but no Xbox love,” says one user. Another one went on to say, “Why the hard stance on Xbox? I thought game devs created games for all gamers.” Another one also says, “Sáquenlo en Xbox no mms,” which must mean “Put it on Xbox, come on.” And this anger feels justified since Team Ninja’s last game, that is to say, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, had already come to Xbox. So what’s stopping Nioh?
Some even allege it is not Team Ninja’s call to make. “Sony owns publishing rights in the West for Nioh so an Xbox port would have to go through some heavy negotiations,” a user claimed. Meanwhile, this has not stopped the Xbox chums from pleading for what the PlayStation folks have been crying over for years.
And meanwhile, the PlayStation folks are just vibing. “The best combat system in the world,” while some others finally used the event to get into it: “Im just now playing Nioh for the first time. This is honestly the game that brought back that fire for challenging action RPGs.”
Coming down to the inevitable: Where is Nioh 3? Some hopeful voices asked for it, but nothing from Team Ninja about that. Since Nioh 2 is a refinement and an expansion over what the very first game was built around, a third would be pure bliss; we’re stuck dusting off the first two for cheap for now.
Oh, by the way, the disc owners also gave their two cents into the argument, reminding everyone how a “true ownership” comes with buying discs. Fair enough in a world in which digital stores pretty much do whatever with your purchase.
In short: if you haven’t picked up Nioh and Nioh 2 yet, then now is a perfect time to do so, unless you’re on Xbox, at which point maybe start a petition or something.
